Zakari Osmanu, a landlord at Akwatia, charged with possessing narcotic drug, has been remanded in police custody by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court, to reappear on April 14.
Police Inspector Adelaide Appiakorang told the court presided over by Mr Kofi Akrowiah that the landlord is also a labourer with one of the
unlicensed diamond dealers, while the complainants were policemen and that all of them lived at Akwatia in the Eastern Region.
She said on March 11, this year, the Akwatia District Police Commander, acting on information, readily mobilized his men and rushed to a place
commonly called Saddam at Akwatia where the police met a group of people who were allegedly smoking cocaine and Indian hemp, which were being sold by
Osmanu in his uncompleted building.
The accused was arrested and when searched the police found on him 15 wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp and five wrappers of a
whitish substance believed to be cocaine.